Re: including db content as part of script

At 13:28 27.02.2003, Dennis Heuer spoke out and said: --------------------[snip]-------------------- >One single question. Is including() a script on runtime only possible with >files or can I include() code from a database? --------------------[snip]-------------------- If you have code in your database, you don't include() it but eval() it. Make sure though that the code is error-free (at least no fatal errors): global $php_errormsg; $php_errormsg = null; $result = @eval($code); $error = $php_errmsg; This will execute the contents of "$code" as if it were a PHP source file. You can even use such constructs: // do some stuff here ?>Hello from outside PHP<br /> <?php // do some more stuff here If your code uses "return" to return a value, eval will have this as its return value (see sample above). If your code doesn't use return, $result will be null. If youc code produces a fatal error, @eval will terminate the script (not only the eval!) without any further message. Omitting the "@" (using $result = eval($code)) will print the error, notification, or warning to stdout, as usual. Additionally (in both cases), $php_errormsg will contain the very last PHP error (thus I read it out immediately). Works like a charm, half of my apps depend on that... -- >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/